Robbery on bridges
I agree with Chris Herby (letters to the editor, Nov. 23) that federal funding should remain with proposed bridges in Ketchikan and Anchorage.

Go stand in the corner
I just read the article about how they think seniors are abusing their city tax-exempt status because they buy gifts for their families or a meal once in a while dining out, yet the governor can blatantly steal our tax dollars to buy himself a damn jet airplane that the voting public said 'no' to.

Juneau gas prices don't come down
Imagine my surprise as I was driving past Fred Meyer, which has one of the lowest gas prices in town at $2.85, and heard the voice on the radio tell me that the national average for regular gasoline was $2.24.

Governor raids fund, gives away resources
While our governor gives away the farm and its resources, he has the gall, once again, to suggest a raid on the Alaska Permanent Fund for the purpose of revenue sharing with the various communities.

Why pipe our gas out?
Here is a thought: Those in the Alaska Legislature are in a huge hurry to give the North Slope gas reserves to some processor in the Lower 48.

Who's the opportunist?
I laughed out loud when Gov. Murkowski dismissed critics of his jet purchase as "political opportunists."

Photo: Thanksgiving dinner
Ted Rado receives a bun from Mayor Bruce Botelho at the end of a serving line during The Salvation Army's annual Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at The Hangar at the Merchants Wharf.

Douglas tree to light up Third Street tonight
Douglas denizens young and old will gather in the 1100 block of Third Street tonight for the annual Douglas Community Tree Lighting, a 5-year-old event sponsored by the Douglas Fourth of July committee

Venturing north of the Arctic Circle
There are no trees here. But barren it's not. This is eye-candy terrain, rich with nature, culture and history, from the Eskimo settlement of Anaktuvuk Pass to other stops above the Arctic Circle.

Capitol Makeover
For months, craftsman John Carlson and a crew of seven, including his wife, have worked long hours in Haines on furniture to revamp Juneau's state House and Senate chambers.

Bringing In The Season
Lights, music, dancing and Santa Claus arriving from the air will provide a festive backdrop for the holiday season in the coming weeks in Alaska's capital.

Lamb, Mello wed
Former Juneau resident Melissa Lamb of Coeurd'Alene, Idaho, and Ben Mello of Foster, R.I., were married Oct. 1 in The White Elephant Hotel in Nantucket Island, Mass.

I'm thankful for many reasons
As the wind and rain rattle my little house and threaten to tear off my siding, I find myself hunkering down and focusing on the short, disrupted school calendar set before me.

My Turn: Administration should be honest about its goals
In a series of speeches that began on Veterans Day, President Bush and Vice President Cheney have issued their equivalent of Bill Clinton's "I did not have sex with that woman" speech, and Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" speech.

Santaland is coming to town
Just days into Perseverance Theatre's one-man, second-stage production of "SantaLand Diaries" last November, lead actor Ben Brown (Crumpet the Elf) was already talking about the possibility of taking the show on a tour of Southeast Alaska.

Bringing the ballet back
L'Ecole de Ballet, the 12-year-old ballet company based out of the American Legion hall in Auke Bay, returns to the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium Thanksgiving weekend for its first in-town production of "The Nutcracker" since 2002.

Burlesque yum yum style:
In what's quickly becoming as much of a Thanksgiving tradition as Public Market and fluorescent seasonal affective disorder lights, Kitschy Yum Yum Burlesque Co. is back this weekend with another holiday send-up of American politics, Puritanism and seasonal mores.